Local Heroes - Kemp, Penn
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In Local Heroes, Penn Kemp celebrates legendary cultural heroes from London, Ontario. These poems evoke a specific city in its particular landscape and history. Kemp documents London's literary and artistic heritage in honouring artists in fields ranging from the visual through the word to figure skating. Presented as an overview, the collection stretches from Victorian explorer Teresa Harris to the contemporary arts scene. Local Heroes acknowledges the indigenous peoples here, and the ongoing waves of settlers who have called the area home, as London has grown from colonial outpost to vibrant…mehr

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In Local Heroes, Penn Kemp celebrates legendary cultural heroes from London, Ontario. These poems evoke a specific city in its particular landscape and history. Kemp documents London's literary and artistic heritage in honouring artists in fields ranging from the visual through the word to figure skating. Presented as an overview, the collection stretches from Victorian explorer Teresa Harris to the contemporary arts scene. Local Heroes acknowledges the indigenous peoples here, and the ongoing waves of settlers who have called the area home, as London has grown from colonial outpost to vibrant cultural centre. Local Heroes spans time but remains in place.
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Penn is one of the generation of artists, including Alice Munro, Jack Chambers, and James Reaney, who have put London and Southwestern Ontario on the literary map of Canada and the world. In turn, Penn has brought to London a rich sense of distant parts of the globe and returned home to share with us, her audience, the sights and sounds of these turbulent, powerful places. I am amazed at Penn Kemp's power, and at the way she continues to gather strength from and for the Canadian artists with whom she collaborates. Elizabeth Waterston, FRSC, O ONT., Professor Emeritus, University of Guelph